About Mary Street

i. John Gilbert was born in England about 1580. He married Mary, the daughter of Nicholas and Mary Street, on January 17, 1602, in St. Mary's Church, Bridgwater, Somersetshire. John accompanied his nephew, Rev. Nicholas Street, to Taunton, Plymouth Colony, America.

John Gilbert married (1) Jan. 17, 1602, in St. Mary's Church, Mary, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Street, baptised Mar. 22, 1578, in Taunton, England. She died before 1630, as when John Gilbert came to America in 1630, he had with him his second wife, widow Winnifred Peaslee. The first wife was probably the mother of Thomas and John Gilbert, who are described by Savage (whoever that is) as "well grown youths." She may also have been the mother of Elizabeth, who is mentioned Nov. 16, 1632, in the will of Emma Escott of Bridgwater, England, but is not mentioned in the will of John Gilbert.

Susanna Gilbert, sister of John, was baptised Dec. 9, 1584; married Jan. 18, 1602, Nicholas, son of Nicholas and Mary Street, and was the mother of Rev. Nicholas Street, who came to New England. Susanna died at the birth of her son, and was buried Feb. 22, 1603.

Little is known about Nicholas Street His wife was Mary _____ They had two children:

i. Mary Street was baptized in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, on March 22, 1578, and died in Bridgwater in October, 1605. She married John Gilbert, son of Giles and Joan (Pearce) Gilbert. He is the immigrant John Gilbert who appears along with the Street family in the Plymouth Colony at Taunton.

ii. Nicholas Street, II [#5308]: He was born in England in 1587, and died in Faunton, Somerset, England.

Sources:

Kuhns, Maude Pinney; The "Mary and John", A story of the founding of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1630 published by Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont